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Posts tagged with 'mccall'

  • Celebrity DIY Style: The Galaxy Dress

    POSTED BY STACY SCHLYER, JUNE 23 2008 09:51 AM | PERMALINK

     

     

     

    If you're a fan of retro styles, the first celebrity name that should come to mind is Dita Von Teese.  Her wardrobe typically consists of vintage fashion or current styles that are made to look period.  Probably the most sought after garment that she's worn is Roland Mouret's Galaxy dress.  Not only does this dress give the wearer a feeling of classic Hollywood glamour, but it's designed to enhance a woman's natural cuves.  Two patterns are exact replicas of this style - McCall 5269 and ...

  • Celebrity DIY Style: Babydoll Mini Dress

    POSTED BY STACY SCHLYER, JUNE 16 2008 11:27 AM | PERMALINK

     

    Motherhood becomes Nicole Richie. Ever since she became pregnant (and given birth) she's been seen at events wearing an (almost) immpecable wardrobe. Most recently she was seen wearing this M Missoni babydoll dress. If purchased off the rack, this little number would set you back over $500, but with the right pattern, fabric and a little sewing time you can create this dress for under $75. When making your own version, start off with McCall 5618 and Emma One Sock's Italian abstract swirl silk....

  • Celebrity DIY Style: Leggings

    POSTED BY STACY SCHLYER, MAY 27 2008 12:02 PM | PERMALINK

     

     

    One of the hottest celebrity garments has to be leggings - you see them on everyone from Paris Hilton to Beyonce. In fact, they've become so popular that Lindsey Lohan announced her own legging line back in March. Now you can skip the basic black style that you see on the racks and sport a trendy pair such as Paris Hilton's stripe or silver lame leggings just by sewing your own.

    There are plenty of patterns available to re-create this look for yourself: Burda 7791, Vogue 8401, McCall...

  • Patterns With International Flare

    POSTED BY STACY SCHLYER, APRIL 19 2008 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

    For many of us who sew, we've become familiar with the paper patterns that we find in brick and mortar stores - commonly known as "the Big 4" (Simplicity, McCall, Butterick, and Vogue). It wasn't until after years of sewing with these envelopes that I discovered there were other patterns out there - those that come in magazines! Not only were there lots of trendy options to sew up, but there were up to 50 patterns available in one issue alone! Now for the bad news - none of them are written in the...

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